Electric-current collector.



A. 6. TAYLOR. ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTOR.

I APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. I916- 1,21 1,006.. Patented Jan. 2, 19117,

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- 1 Application filed May 24, 1916. Sean No. 99,588.

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v State of South Carolina have invented certain new This invention relatesito electric current collecting devices, particularly to devices jof this class used inaelectricj traction where a movingscontact or collecting ;device'travels v:yides'uch a devic'e in Whicha frame is pivot-- as. the motor ofa street car. -r

' It is the obj ctjof: the invention to proally secured ;to .a trolley; pole, there being a trolley: wheel ;:mounted in each end v of the frame, both of 'which,, or either one of which, may-beadjusted to form the contact between current. is; conducted from the stationary rconductor to the trolley pole,- by reduc- '-;ing 'thelresistancewithin'the; collector itself tetheminimum; 7

.this: j.character Which. 'is easily replaced in -contactiwith-the stationary conductor, when- }ever-'.displaced "therefrom, andf which is jstrong,""simple toxmanufactura and which may be" placed upon the usual trolley pole now in use with slight: difi lculty'.

1 1." My inventiomwillbe-fully disclosed in the following description taken in connection fwith the "accompanying drawings inwhich,

-=or wire; as de'sired', but: as, devices ofhthis.

classare more frequentlyifused in connection a with trolley wires I haveshownqin the draw axle l2fwhich is suitable forsupporting the Specification of Letters Patent.

7 portion. and useful Improyements; in Electric-Cur- Figure-Lisa side view of myinvention in contact with-a trolley wire; Fig; 2 is atop 1 L viewaof l-the (same, the 'trolley wire' being .1 omittedgflFigu3 is' afse'ction along the line 3 l-3."of- .Fig: 1.- r

v 45f condiictor may be rail Thetrolley a nnncrnrc-cunnnnr COLLECTOR.

Patented Jan. 2; 191 '7.

:usual single trolley I wheel, not shown. Mounted upon theaxle l2 and rotatable rela tively thereto is a stem 18 having av square base or lower portlon' and around upper 'The'stem' 13 passes through suitable holes in the bottomand top a sheet metal frame 14 and acotter pin passing through the top of the stem prevents the accidental displacement of the frame therefrom. The frame is Y of one piece and comprises two parallel side portions connected by short webs 1 5fand 16,

the lowerwebl5 being integral with the side 5 portions and the upper web 16 being formed of two overlapping portions; one integral" with each side and suitably secured together by rivets 17. The frame is held between the cotter pin and the shoulder 18 of the stem and the upper portionpf the stem being round,.the frame is rotatable thereon as an Y LX1S.

j lvlounted in the opposite ends of the frame a p i H p at ointsgequidistant from the central stem 'fiiAnotherrobject of myinvention is to provide a device of this class in which the'maxiare axles 19 and 205m upon these axles are jo urnaled trolley I wheels 21 i and 22, I which are prevented from coming in contact with the sides of I the frame by suitable. washers.

A flat spring 23; is alsdniountednpon and a I p extends betweenthefaxles, which spring has 2310131181 objects are to;;provide' a device of j an offset milled portion 24: extending around the central-stem l3. Thesp'ring is so shaped that. when in this position its-ends press wheel in one direction and its offset middle constantly againstgthehubsof the trolley portion 24: has a constant pressure against the side of the stem inthe other direction. The side'of the stem 13against which the parallel to the plane of the flat sidehof the -stem and hence parallel to the plane of'the pole and conductor. It can'thus bes'eenthat I the spring 23 constantly tends, to k' ep the stationary/conductor, the trolley pole, and

the wheels in substantially a fixed plane and if, for anyreason, theframe is swung out of this plane, tends .to return itthereto. f j v @Another and very important function of the spring is to provide a 'constant'contact between the wheels and the sme ma the current collected the wheel's may pass of said wh'eels'in one directionand against ,the fia't side of said stem in the other direction,'thereby facilitating the conduction of said stem projecting "through said opening 7 and'mounting said frame to swing around the axis of said stem, a wheel mounted on electricity from the trolley wheels to the stemand also tending to keep the longitudinal axisofithe frame parallel with the plane of the'flat side of the stem.

7. In a current collecting device, the combination with a trolley pole, of a stem pivoted to said pole and 'swingable about a ver-' tical plane, a frame having sides connected together at the-'bottom'by a web provided with an openingthereinto receive said stem,

said frame, -and a spring above said Web cooperating with said stem andwheel to resist the movement of the frame about the axis of the stem and also serving as a conductor electrically connecting said wheel and stem.

Copies of thisnatent may be obtained for in each end of the frame, and a spring engaging said wheels and also engaging said stem between said websto resistthe movetending axis. V

9. In a current collecting device, the combination with a one-piece framecomprising ment of the frame about its upwardly exsides connected intermediate their ends by 1 top and bottom webs having openings therein, a wheel mounted in the ends of the frame and on opposite sides of said Webs, and a frame-supporting member having a stem extending through the openings in said webs to provide a pivotal support for said frame.

10. In a current collecting device, the combination with a frame, of a wheel mounted in each end of said frame, a trolley pole, a stem carrying said frame and pivoted on said pole, said stem having a rounded portion thereon below its pivot and flat portions 7 on opposite sides of said rounded portion,

and a spring mounted on'said pole and having a flat part adapted to frictionally engage any one of said portions of the stem to hold it and the frame thereon in any one of three adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature;

' ALFRED G. TAYLOR.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratents,

Washington, D. C. 

